Stock futures dropped on news that despite claims of progress in talks by both sides, a hoped-for summit at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort will now take place at the end of next month, if it happens at all.
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Trade negotiators are meeting in Beijing for two days of talks this week that Trump says will help decide whether he escalates the dispute by going ahead with his threatened tariff hike on March 2.
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Talks between the two countries are expected to be tense, with little indication that Beijing is willing to address U.S. demands to make “structural changes” on IP protection and industrial reform.
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White House officials are expressing cautious optimism ahead of the latest round of high-level talks in Washington this week aimed at resolving trade disputes between the world’s two largest economies.
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Leaving aside the challenge of resolving the underlying problems bedevilling US-China relations, any easing of tensions in the coming weeks will do little to reverse the slowdown in the global economy.
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Trump administration officials are reportedly considering measures to roll back tariffs on Chinese products in order to calm financial markets, an account sharply disputed by the Treasury Department.
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